Derailed Amtrak Train Causes Delays in NYC

AP

Published 5:49 PM ET Mon, 7 Feb 2011
The Associated Press

Part of an Amtrak train has derailed in New York City, forcing the Long Island Rail Road to cancel 16 rush-hour trains out of Penn Station.

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority says two cars of the Amtrak train derailed at about 12:30 p.m. Monday in Queens on an eastbound track headed to Long Island that Amtrak shares with the LIRR.

There are no reports of injuries.

An Amtrak spokeswoman said 147 passengers were on the Washington-to-Boston train that derailed. She said they were put on other trains to get to their destinations.

The MTA says that because the Amtrak train is blocking one of the tunnels the LIRR uses, the LIRR is canceling 16 out of 125 eastbound rush hour trains.